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A man was shot in his back in West Baltimore and died from his injuries in hospital Friday night, city police said. Around 8 p.m. officers found the victim, identified as Lance-Trenton Maurice Allen, 21, in the first block of N. Bentalou Street near the intersection with the 2200 block of W. Baltimore Street at the edge of the city's Penrose Fayette Street Outreach neighborhood, police said. Allen, who was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead about an hour later, has his last known address a block away from where he was shot, police said.

Baltimore County police are searching for a registered sex offender who did not report for his required check-in with city police and have issued a warrant for his arrest. Police say Christopher Hilliard, 33, of the 1500 block of Charlotte Ave., in southeast Baltimore was reported missing on Sept. 17 and did not report to city police on Oct. 8 as required. Hilliard must regularly report to police because he is a registered sex offender and police have issued a warrant for arrest for failing to register.

Several students at a Northeast Baltimore middle/high school fell ill Thursday, school officials confirmed. City school officials said the investigation into the illnesses, which occurred at the Reach! Partnership School, is being handled by the Baltimore city police and directed all questions to the department. No further details were available, and city police did not respond to requests for comment.

A lockdown was lifted at Patterson High School this afternoon, shortly after a 911 call indicated that people had been shot in the school building. City school officials said the call was believed to be a prank. City police, city school police and the city's fire department searched the building twice and turned up no evidence validating the claim, school officials said.

Corrections officials have given the "all clear" and say operations at Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center have returned to normal after a bomb threat Friday morning. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services announced via Twitter that the situation has been resolved. The threatening phone call came from outside the building, according to Detective Brandon Echevarria, a Baltimore police spokesman.

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun and By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | September 23, 2013

Baltimore Police are doing away with use of the term “stop and frisk,” though officers will continue to be able to use the controversial search tactic. Baltimore's Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said that national controversy over the New York Police Department's heavy use of the practice has led to a negative connotation from which police must distance themselves. “Anybody in any department that would keep that name, in my opinion, would be remiss,” Rodriguez said in a recent interview.

Perhaps Gov. Martin O'Malley doesn't remember what the homicide rate was back in the day when he was Baltimore's mayor, or maybe he's just trying to burnish his crime-fighting credentials ahead of his anticipated 2016 presidential bid. Either way, his recent comments criticizing the rising murder rate and declining number of arrests in the city - and his implicit swipe against Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts -...

As he ends his first year on the job, Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts is facing questions about whether he is taking too long to remake the agency and develop a crime-fighting strategy. But others say he is being candid about the city's problems and deserves more time to make progress. Batts, 53, said in a wide-ranging interview that he has been making improvements to the agency of nearly 3,000 officers, though not as quickly as he would like. He plans to keep a relentless focus on gangs and address issues of attrition and low pay for officers.

By Liz Bowie and Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | September 8, 2013

A man died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in Baltimore's Hamillton Hills neighborhood on Friday night, the first of three shootings that left three others injured, city police said. Detectives found the man in the 6800 block of McClean Blvd. in Northeast Baltimore at 10:05 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. On Sunday morning, police identified the victim as Daniels Darnell Turner, 32, of Rosedale.

A 28-year-old Mouunt Vernon man selling items on Craigslist was robbed and pistol-whipped in his apartment late Wednesday, police said. The victim, who lives in the unit block of W. Biddle St. across from the University of Baltimore campus, told police that he sells televisions on Craigslist.com and was contacted by a potential buyer, according to an incident report. Three people came to his apartment at around 11 p.m., the report shows....